44th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140321222 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY OF WHICH DEFECTIVE CELL IS REPLACEABLE WITH REDUNDANT CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A semiconductor memory includes a memory cell array that includes data cells of x bits and redundant cells of y bits for each word; a position-data storage unit that stores, for each word, defective-cell position data of defective cells of the data cells and the redundant cells; and a read circuit that reads data from cells of x bits based on the defective-cell position data stored in the position-data storage unit for a specified word of which address is specified as read address, the cells of x bits being formed by the data cells of x bits and the redundant cells of y bits of the specified word other than the defective cells. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321223 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a controller chip, a plurality of semiconductor chips operatively connected to the controller chip, wherein at least one of the plurality of semiconductor chips is operatively supplied with a pulse signal from the controller chip, and operatively supplied identification information, wherein each of the plurality of semiconductor chips is configured to store the identification information in response to the pulse signal received from the controller chip, and wherein each of the plurality of semiconductor chips is configured to block transmission of the pulse signal to a following semiconductor chip in a signal path among the plurality of semiconductor chips until identification information is stored therein. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321224 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There is provided a semiconductor device including a first logic circuit to operate based on a first power supply and a second power supply, and a second logic circuit to operate based on the first power supply and a third power supply boosted from the second power supply. The second logic circuit includes a holding section to hold a value generated according to a first signal and a second signal operating asynchronously with respect to each other. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321225 | SENSE AMPLIFIER WITH DUAL GATE PRECHARGE AND DECODE TRANSISTORS - The invention relates to a sense amplifier for sensing and amplifying data stored in a memory cell, the sense amplifier being connected between a bit line (BL) and a reference bit line complementary (/BL) to the first bit line and comprising: a sense circuit (SC) capable of providing an output indicative of the data stored in the memory cell; and a precharge and decode circuit (PDC) comprising a pair of dual gate transistors (T | 2014-10-30 |
20140321226 | DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY AND BOOSTED VOLTAGE PRODUCER THEREFOR - A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is selectively operable in a sleep mode and another mode. The DRAM has data storage cells that are refreshed in the refresh mode. A boosted voltage is provided for the operation of the DRAM. A boosted voltage provider includes a group of charge pump circuits that are selectively activated by a pump control circuit based on a refresh time for refreshing data in the DRAM cells in the sleep mode. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321227 | FREQUENCY POWER MANAGER - A method and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus is a hardware module that controls a power mode of a plurality of modules. The apparatus receives an indication of a desired operational frequency. Based on the received indication, the apparatus determines to switch from a first power mode associated with a first set of modules to a second power mode corresponding to the desired operational frequency and associated with a second set of modules. The apparatus enables modules in the second set of modules that are unassociated with the first power mode, stops traffic through the plurality of modules upon expiration of a time period after enabling the modules in the second set of modules that are unassociated with the first power mode, routes traffic through the second set of modules, and disables modules in the first set of modules that are unassociated with the second power mode. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321228 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING PLURAL CHIPS STACKED TO EACH OTHER - A method for accessing a plurality of DRAM devices each having a plurality of banks, includes determining an operating mode for the plurality of DRAM devices, providing a chip selection address and a bank address with an active command to activate a first bank in a first one of the plurality of DRAM devices and, while the first bank in the first one of the plurality of DRAM devices is activated, one or more first banks in remaining DRAM devices of the plurality of DRAM devices are: not activated if the operating mode is determined to be a logical rank address mode, and possibly activated if the operating mode is determined to be a physical rank address mode, and subsequently providing at least a bank address with a column command to access the first bank in the first one of the plurality of DRAM devices. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321229 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PER-BIT DE-SKEW FOR DATAMASK IN A DOUBLE DATA-RATE MEMORY DEVICE INTERFACE - In a training mode, per-bit de-skew (PBDS) values for a datamask signal in a synchronous dynamic random access memory are iteratively adjusted in conjunction with writing test patterns to the memory and reading back test patterns from the memory until optimum datamask PBDS values are determined. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321230 | Mixing Pump - The present disclosure relates to a mixing pump ( | 2014-10-30 |
20140321231 | 3D EXPANDING GEOMETRY - This invention relates to bubble generation, in particular to microbubble generation in a microfluidic device, which bubbles may be useful as contrasting agents or drug delivery vehicles. The invention further relates to apparatuses, systems and methods for manufacturing said microbubbles, microbubbles produced by such methods and to their uses, e.g. in medical, diagnostic and other such applications. The microbubbles are preferentially formed using a microspray regime. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321232 | DOUBLE SHAFT REACTOR/MIXER AND SYSTEM INCLUDING AN END CAP FOR A REACTOR/MIXER AND A DISCHARGE SCREW CONNECTOR BLOCK - An at least two shaft reactor/mixer, in particular for process engineering treatment of highly viscose, elastic and/or solid containing reaction substance and mixture, in which at the housing inner wall inwardly directed static mixing elements are arranged, which interact with scrapers of the at least two shafts in such a way, that in the area of the spaces between the scrapers the static mixing elements and the housing inner wall sheer forces, in particular a flow disturbance, are generated in an enhanced manner. In addition, there is a system including an end cap for a one or multiple shaft reactor/mixer and a discharge screw connector block being connectable with the end cap in a detachable manner. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321233 | Method For Mixing An Exhaust Gas Flow - A mixer for mixing an exhaust flow in an exhaust pipe includes a housing having a first sidewall spaced apart from a second sidewall. The first and second sidewalls each include a free distal end spaced apart from one another. Portions of the first and second sidewalls are adapted to be fixed to the exhaust pipe. A first mixing element is coupled to the housing and includes a deflection element as well as a plurality of correction fins protruding at an angle from the deflection element. A second mixing element interconnects the first and second sidewalls and extends substantially parallel to the first mixing element. A second mixing element includes a mixing fin to change a direction of the exhaust flow. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321234 | Blender Jug and Lid - A lid and a jug for a blender. The lid and jug cooperate, wherein the lid is a relatively tight fitting polymeric lid having an outer edge and an upper surface. A pull tab being integral with the lid. The pull tab forms a ring above the upper surface of the lid that defines an at least finger-sized opening located adjacent to the outer edge of the lid, the opening having a central axis of symmetry that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the jug. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321235 | ACOUSTIC SONAR IMAGING AND DETECTION SYSTEM FOR FIREFIGHTING APPLICATIONS - Techniques for navigating a high temperature low visibility environment are supported. A system may employ appropriate sonar signals to determine and display the location or distance to remote structures that may be obscured in the high temperature low visibility environment. Firefighters, military personnel, and other individuals that must navigate through obscured, high temperature environments may interact with suitable devices, such as a handheld device, to access and display the approximate location or distance of the remote structures or pathways. These devices may facilitate effective navigation of high temperature low visibility environments, thereby minimizing the risk of traumatic or fatal bodily injuries posed by the dangerous conditions. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321236 | METHODS AND UNDERWATER BASES FOR USING AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE FOR MARINE SEISMIC SURVEYS - An underwater base handles an autonomous underwater vehicle. The underwater base includes a storing part configured to store the AUV; a control part configured to control the storing part; and a support part configured to support the control part and the storing part and to prevent a burial of the underwater base into the ocean bottom. The control part is further configured to guide the AUV while approaching a desired target position on the ocean bottom. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321237 | Methods and Systems for Efficiently Acquiring Towed Streamer Seismic Surveys - Methods and systems for efficiently acquiring towed streamer marine seismic data are described. One method and system comprises positioning a plurality of source-only tow vessels and one or more source-streamer tow vessels to acquire a wide- and/or full-azimuth seismic survey without need for the spread to repeat a path once traversed. Another method and system allows surveying a sub-sea geologic feature using a marine seismic spread, the spread smartly negotiating at least one turn during the surveying, and shooting and recording during the turn. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract, allowing a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321238 | REMOTELY OPERATED MODULAR POSITIONING VEHICLE AND METHOD - Method and marine acoustic source array for generating an acoustic wave in a body of water. The marine acoustic source array includes first and second external source sub-arrays, each sub-array including one or more individual source elements; a first actuator device connected to the first external source sub-array; and a second actuator device connected to the second external source sub-array. The first actuator device has a corresponding cable configured to connect to a first lead-in, and the second actuator device has a corresponding cable configured to connect to a second lead-in such that a position of the source array as a whole is controllable along a line substantially perpendicular to a path of the source array. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321239 | SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION AND SOURCE-SIDE DERIVATIVES GENERATION AND APPLICATION - The technologies described herein include systems and methods for performing a first seismic survey and performing a second seismic survey after a predetermined amount of time has lapsed between the first seismic survey and the second seismic survey. The shot times and the shot positions of the second seismic survey may be substantially the same as the shot times and the shot positions of the first seismic survey. After performing the seismic surveys, seismic data generated by the first seismic survey may be processed to generate a first image, and seismic data generated by the second seismic survey may be processed to generate a second image. After generating the first and second images, a difference between the first image and the second image may be computed to generate a time lapse difference image. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321240 | ELASTOGRAPHY FOR CEMENT INTEGRITY INSPECTION - A method for examining integrity of cement in a wellbore includes deploying an ultrasound transducer within a wellbore. One or more reference ultrasound images of the cement within the wellbore are acquired. A pushing pulse is emitted from the ultrasound transducer to elicit a displacement of the cement within the wellbore. A sequence of ultrasound images is acquired, over time, depicting the displacement of the cement within the wellbore elicited by the pushing pulse. A strain tensor map is generated from a difference between the one or more reference ultrasound images and the acquired sequence of ultrasound images. A degree of integrity of the cement within the wellbore is determined based on the generated strain tensor map. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321241 | VIBROSEIS ACQUISITION METHOD - Methods and apparatuses for obtaining and/or processing slip sweep seismic survey data. The methods compute harmonic weight ratios using two types of data: 1) direct survey data where a harmonic sweep does not overlap with the fundamental component of responses of Earth interior and 2) another set of data representative of fundamental component of responses of Earth interior where the harmonic sweep does overlap with the fundamental component of responses of Earth interior. The set of data representative fundamental component of responses of Earth interior can be extracted from ground force measurements or a different sweep. The harmonic weight ratios using ground force measurements at overlapped frequencies may be calibrated with one or more harmonic weight ratios at non-overlapped frequencies. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321242 | NETWORKED SONAR OBSERVATION OF SELECTED SEABED ENVIRONMENTS - A sonar transducer network for observing a seabed includes a controller. A first transducer assembly includes a first acoustic transducer to convert a first ping to a first electrical signal; and a first transducer processor to receive a first electrical signal from the first acoustic transducer to generate the first transducer data. At least one second transducer assembly is spaced apart from the first transducer assembly. The second transducer assembly includes a second acoustic transducer to convert a second ping to a second electrical signal. The second transducer processor receives the second electrical signal from the second acoustical transducer to generate second transducer data. A network bus communicates first transducer data and second transducer data with the controller. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321243 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING EVENTS - A multi-sensor device for detecting events, comprises first acquisition means comprising at least a first sensor, operating in a first frequency band and second acquisition means comprising at least a second sensor, operating in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, means for processing raw data originating from the acquisition means and comprising means for the detection of events in the raw data and for determining the geographic location of said events, means for transmitting an alert if an event is detected by the processing means, means for storing the raw data, said storage means being suitable for restoring the stored raw data in a synchronized manner, and monitoring means which, following detection of an event in the raw data of one of said acquisition means, enables said processing means to be adapted to detect events in said stored raw data originating from said other acquisition means. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321244 | ULTRASONIC WAVE TRANSDUCER USING A SIGNAL PATHWAY-INTEGRATED HOUSING - The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic wave transducer using a signal pathway-integrated housing. The ultrasonic wave transducer includes: a housing serving as a handle; an array including a plurality of piezoelectric elements disposed in parallel to each other on a back material and a flexible circuit board having a pattern electrically connected to the piezoelectric elements; and a cable assembly including a plurality of fine wires. Signal paths for electrically connecting the pattern circuit of the flexible circuit board to the fine wires are integrated with the housing. Thus, the necessary space within a scanhead can be minimized to improve the degree of freedom in ergonomic design and to provide an ultrasonic wave transducer having a small-sized handle and excellent gripping properties. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321245 | Timepiece with Secondary Display for Showing Logged Event Times - A timepiece is presented that is adapted for recording the times of important events throughout the day. The timepiece comprises a primary display for viewing the current time of day and a secondary display for sequentially viewing one of a plurality times logged throughout the day corresponding with the important event. Interactive buttons on the timepiece facilitate the viewing and logging of the times displayed on the secondary display. A first button is a push button mechanism that records a time within the memory of the timepiece. A second button facilitates the scrolling of times on the secondary display for viewing by an individual. The timepiece can be utilized for recording the times of meaningful events throughout the day. For instance, the present invention may be utilized for recording how often a loved one is thought of or for when medication was last taken. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321246 | BOLUS CALCULATOR TIME KEEPING BETWEEN MOBILE PHONE APPLICATION AND bG METERS - A diabetes management system includes a handheld medical device, a mobile computing device, and a diabetes management application. The handheld medical device is configured to measure glucose in a sample of fluid residing in a test strip and associate a measurement time with the glucose measurement. The diabetes management application is configured to request a current device time from the RTC, determine a first device delta time by determining a difference between the current device time and an internal clock time, and associate a first timestamp with a glucose measurement, wherein the first timestamp is equal to the measurement time plus the first device delta time. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321247 | TIME PIECE CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING TWO TIME ZONES | 2014-10-30 |
20140321248 | Electronic Timepiece With Internal Antenna - A small electronic timepiece with an internal antenna can maintain high GPS reception performance and affords greater freedom developing different models. The timepiece has an outside case; a time display unit that displays time and that is disposed inside the outside case; a drive unit that drives the time display unit and that is disposed inside the outside case; and an antenna that is disposed around the drive unit inside the outside case, and includes an C-shaped or annular antenna element in contact with the dielectric base. The timepiece may include power supply nodes from which power is supplied to the antenna, one such node being disposed at one end of the C-shaped antenna element and the other being disposed at the other end of the C-shaped antenna element. The annular antenna element may be embedded in the dielectric base. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321249 | TIMEPIECE - The invention relates to a timepiece including a timepiece movement provided with an information display mechanism driven from a power take-off, said display mechanism including N display members for said information regularly distributed over a perimeter of the movement, characterized in that the N display members are each pivoted on a drive arbour perpendicularly and can take different first and second radial positions in relation to the centre of the movement, the display members being driven in succession over time by common first annular jumping drive means so that each display member changes in succession from the first position to the second position and is held in said second position until the end of a cycle in which all of the display members are in their second position and in that second annular drive means are arranged to reposition all of the display members in their first position at the start of the following cycle. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321250 | TIMEPIECE PART - A timepiece part, includes a frame having a power source, a housing including a first pivotal movement system and a second pivotal movement system; an escapement set up on a mounting, a first kinematic linkage including a first wheel borne by a first half-shaft from the first pivotal movement system and a second wheel borne by a first half-shaft from the second pivotal movement system, and a second kinematic linkage including a first wheel borne by the second half-shaft from the first pivotal movement system and a second wheel borne by the first or second half-shaft of the second pivotal movement system. One of the wheels borne by the second pivotal movement system is kinematically linked to the power source, and the other wheel borne by the pivotal movement system is stationary relative to the frame. Both wheels borne by the first system are kinematically linked to a differential. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321251 | OPTICAL HEAD DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - An optical head device ( | 2014-10-30 |
20140321252 | OPTICAL INFORMATION DEVICE, TILT DETECTION METHOD, COMPUTER, PLAYER, AND RECORDER - A photodetector outputs a first signal and a second signal corresponding to light amounts of the received first light flux and the received second light flux, first and second low band extraction circuits extract low band components of the first signal and the second signal, first and second high band extraction circuits extract high band components of the first signal and the second signal, a differential circuit calculates a difference signal between a high band component difference signal as a difference between the high band component of the first signal and the high band component of the second signal and a low band component difference signal as a difference between the low band component of the first signal and the low band component of the second signal, and a control signal processing section generates a tilt control signal based on the calculated difference signal. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321253 | TEST DEVICE AND TESTING METHOD FOR TESTING FOCUS FUNCTION OF EXTERNAL DEVICE - A test device communicates with an external device with a plurality of parameters. The test device includes a setting module, a first determining module, a focus module, and a prompting module. The setting module generates a setting signal for controlling the external device to set values of the parameters. The first determining module controls the focus module to generate a focus instruction to control the external device to execute a focus function, when the test device receives feedback information from the external device, which are generated by the external device after the values of the parameters are completely set. In addition, the focus module receives reflecting information which is generated by the external device after the external device executes the focus function. The prompting module outputs different prompting information based on the received reflecting information. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321254 | DATA RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING 3D OPTICAL MEMORY, AND AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING 3D OPTICAL MEMORY - A data recording apparatus and method using three dimensional (3D) optical memory and an authentication apparatus and method using 3D optical memory are provided. The data recording apparatus includes a recording excitation light splitting unit, a condition storage unit, and a data recording unit. The recording excitation light splitting unit splits recording excitation light into first split light and second split light. The condition storage unit stores recording conditions including information about the waveforms, wavelengths and phases of the split light and information about an arrangement of reflection mirrors configured to reflect the split light. The data recording unit records storage data by making the split light incident on the 3D optical memory through the reflection mirrors under the recording conditions. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321255 | DIGITAL OPTICAL TAPE STORAGE SYSTEM - Digital optical tape archival storage systems and methods are disclosed. A digital optical tape recorder may simultaneously write data and two or more guide tracks onto a digital optical tape recording medium. A digital optical taper reader may include a camera to capture a two-dimensional image of the digital optical tape recording medium, and an image processor to extract the data from the two-dimensional image. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321256 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING SUPER-RESOLUTION FILM - An optical information recording medium has a first information recording layer ( | 2014-10-30 |
20140321257 | CDMA-BASED CROSSTALK CANCELLATION FOR ON-CHIP GLOBAL HIGH-SPEED LINKS - Synchronous CDMA/spread spectrum methods, devices, and systems are used to suppress crosstalk in clock-forwarded on-chip interconnects. Transmitting a spread spectrum signal across on-chip interconnects for recovery at the terminus permit integrated chip designers to overcome the effects of capacitive cross-talk between adjacent data bus lines. The methods, devices, and systems provided herein improve cross-talk immunity between adjacent high speed signal lines by applying synchronous CDMA spread spectrum techniques to some or all of the high speed signal lines. Other methods, devices, and systems provided herein apply synchronous CDMA spread spectrum techniques to the concept of sending phantom signals to reduce the number of signal lines used to carry data. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321258 | WIDEBAND SIGNAL GENERATION FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATION IN TIME-DIVISION-DUPLEXING COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A coax network unit (CNU) is coupled to a coax line terminal (CLT). In first and second modes of operation, the CNU transmits data during an upstream window and receives data during a downstream window. In the first mode of operation, a duration of data transmission for the upstream window or a duration of data reception for the downstream window is reduced by a specified amount with respect to the second mode. A sounding signal is transmitted in the first mode in a probing slot that has a duration corresponding to the specified amount. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321259 | Methods and Apparatus in a Wireless Communication System - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus in a RBS and a UE for reference signal (RS) measurements in an OFDM system, that enable having a configurable RS transmission bandwidth which is smaller than the system bandwidth. This allows for better interference coordination of RS, which in turn improves the UE RS measurements used for different services such as positioning. The RBS retrieves the RS transmission bandwidth, determines a RS measurement bandwidth based on this RS transmission bandwidth, and transmits the determined bandwidth to the UE. The UE receives the RS measurement bandwidth and measures the RS in a bandwidth determined based on the received measurement bandwidth and the UE capability. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321260 | OPTIMIZING FAULT SYNCHRONIZATION IN A BIDIRECTIONAL DATA NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for optimizing fault synchronization in a bidirectional data network are provided. In an example, a downstream endpoint of the data network receives a first Alarm Indication Signal (AIS). The first AIS indicates a first FLI of an upstream interface having an interface fault. The downstream endpoint transmits, to an upstream endpoint of the data network, a second AIS including a Remote Defect Indication (RDI) and a second FLI identifying the downstream endpoint. An upstream endpoint of the data network receives the second AIS and determines that the AIS is an AIS-RDI (AIS-RDI) from the presence of the second FLI. The presence of the AIS-RDI triggers the upstream endpoint to initiate tunnel failure synchronization with the downstream endpoint. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321261 | COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A communications network including a plurality of communicating stations, each communicating station being connectable to two adjacent communicating stations via respective ring connections, the ring connections being arranged to define at least one communications ring interconnecting the plurality of communicating stations, the network being adapted to at least partially reconfigure the ring connections in response to detection of at least one network fault. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321262 | Network Monitoring for Active Medical Device Alarms - A system and method for monitoring a patient over a network. In one embodiment, the system includes a network; a connection device configured to connect to the network, the connection device including a reporter that transmits reports to the network; a user interface device in communication with the network, the user interface device including a display and a gateway; a network management system in communication with the network, the network management system comprising an active alert system list listing each user interface device having a gateway that has registered with the network management system; a communications interface in communication with the network, the communications interface receiving reports from the reporter and transmitting reports to the network management system; wherein the network management system determines if a report received from the communications interface is to be sent to the user interface device as an alert. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321263 | Method of Handling Data Transmission and Reception in Dual Connectivity - A method of handling data transmission and reception in dual connectivity, for a communication device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises connecting to at least two evolved base station (eNBs) including a first eNB and a second eNB in the wireless communication system, being configured a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity corresponding to at least two radio link control (RLC) entities including a first RLC entity for receiving/transmitting data from/to the first eNB and a second RLC entity for receiving/transmitting data from/to the second eNB, and when detecting a radio link failure a connection to the second eNB, not initiating a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure for connection recovery. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321264 | Network Relay Device - When a first line card receives a frame at a port, the line card refers to monitoring results by internal communicability monitoring units of other second to fourth line cards and a monitoring result by an internal communicability monitoring unit of its own, determines a first band limiting unit of a transmission destination from band limiting units of other line cards based on the monitoring results, and transmits the frame. The second line card limits the communication band of the frame by the first band limiting unit of its own, and transmits the frame to a predetermined port. If any fault is detected in the communicability in the internal communicability monitoring table to/from the second line card as the communication counterpart, and, if the communicability to/from the third line card as the communication counterpart is normal, the first line card changes the transmission destination into the second band limiting unit. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321265 | FAST TRAFFIC RECOVERY IN VRRP BASED ROUTERS - A method is implemented by a network device for a fast traffic recovery process for the virtual redundant router protocol (VRRP), where improved speed in a switchover from a master VRRP router to a backup VRRP router is obtained by synchronizing an address resolution protocol (ARP) cache between the master VRRP router and the backup VRRP router such that after the switchover the backup VRRP router functions as a new master VRRP router and does not need to relearn media access control (MAC) address to Internet Protocol (IP) mappings of hosts using the new master VRRP as a gateway. The process involves receiving an ARP entry on an interface of the network device and checking whether the network device is configured as the master VRRP router. The process then sends a gratuitous ARP message to the backup VRRP router in response to the network device being the master VRRP router. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321266 | INTERNET PROTOCOL ANALYZING - Included are methods for facilitating routing of control data associated with a communication to a plurality of recorders. One such method, among others, includes receiving control data related to a communication and routing the received control data to at least one recorder via a layer | 2014-10-30 |
20140321267 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING DATA - Provided in embodiments of the present invention are a method and a device for transferring data. The method includes: transferring data to a base station via a first link, a second link offloading for the first link; if a radio link failure (RLF) occurs on the first link, transmitting an RLF indication message to the base station, where the RLF indication message is used to notify the base station that the RLF occurs on the first link; and transferring, over the second link, at least a portion of the data on the first link. According to embodiments of the present invention, when a link failure occurs between a user equipment and the base station during a mobile data offloading process, data transfer is performed via the offloading link, a time delay can be reduced and the data transfer efficiency is improved. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321268 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING DISTRIBUTED RELAY CONTROL PROTOCOL (DRCP) OPERATIONS UPON COMMUNICATION FAILURE - A method supporting a distributed resilient network interconnect (DRNI) in a link aggregation group upon communication failure at a network device is disclosed. The method starts with determining that the network device no longer communicates with its neighbor network device. The network device then determines that its partner network device no longer communicates with the partner network device's neighbor network device. The network device determines that the first portal that the network device belongs to has a higher portal priority than the second portal that the partner network device belongs to, wherein each portal is assigned a portal priority, and it determines that the network device has a lower network device priority than the neighbor network device, wherein each network device is assigned a network device priority. Then the network device halts transmitting and receiving frames of the link aggregation group at the network device. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321269 | PACKET TRANSPORT NETWORK SYSTEM - A packet transport network system includes a first node to transmit a control packet through a secondary port, when the first node does not periodically receive, through a primary port, a continuity check packet transmitted on the first MLSP set in the first direction; and a second node, when the second node receives the control packet through a secondary port, to relay or terminate packets on the first and second active MLSPs, to receive, through the primary port, the multicast packet transmitted on the second MLSP set in the second direction, and to bridge the received multicast packet to a recovery path set in an interested link, the second node periodically receiving, through a primary port, the continuity check packet transmitted on the second MLSP set in the second direction, wherein the first node receives, through the second port, the multicast packet bridged to the recovery path. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321270 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CHANNEL UTILIZATION - Methods and apparatus for determining a portion of a channel, e.g., a peer discovery channel, to use in a communications network, e.g., an ad hoc peer to peer network, are described. In the communication network, the channel includes a recurring set of time/frequency resources. A device monitors the congestion level and decides to use a whole channel or a fraction of a channel (e.g., ½. ¼) as a function of the congestion level. The device may change the fraction of the channel it occupies as the congestion level changes. The device broadcasts control information indicating the fraction of the channel it occupies. The device may be a mobile wireless terminal. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321271 | SIGNAL REDUCTION BASED ON RADIO LOAD - According to one embodiment, a packet data network gateway (PDN-GW) receives a UE congestion status message originating from an eNodeB indicating a UE is congested. In one embodiment, the PDN-GW receives a request message from a policy charging and rules function (PCRF) to create a new policy and charging control (PCC) rule for the UE. The PDN-GW discards the request message to prevent a request to create/modify a bearer for the UE from being sent by the PDN-GW, and prevent a response message denying the request message to create/modify the bearer for the UE from being sent by the eNodeB, reducing the number of bearer creation or modification messages being exchanged in the EPS. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321272 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONGESTION CONTROL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Embodiments of wireless communication devices and method for congestion control in a wireless network are generally described herein. Some of these embodiments describe a method, performed by an evolved NodeB (eNodeB), that includes operations of determining that a congestion condition exists on the network. An example method can also include transmitting a suspension notification to a user equipment (UE), the UE being in an RRC_CONNECTED state with the eNodeB, to notify the UE that a radio bearer (RB) operating in the network will be suspended. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321273 | System and Method for Routing Data on a Packet Network - The disclosed embodiments include system and method for routing communications over a communications network. In one embodiment, a determination is made as to whether to establish a communication along a communication path based on network performance information. The disclosed embodiments provide several alternatives for establishing the communication and improving communications along the communication path in response to a determination that at least one network node along the communication path is impaired or congested. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321274 | MANAGING BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION AMONG FLOWS THROUGH ASSIGNMENT OF DROP PRIORITY - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes generating a transmission control protocol (TCP) flow; marking a plurality of packets of the TCP flow with one of two differentiated services code points (DSCPs) according to a proportion that is selected to control a throughput associated with the TCP flow; and communicating at least a portion of the plurality of packets to a network. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321275 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORK - A method implemented in a network for enhancing transmission is disclosed. The network contains a number of network devices, and at least one network device provides traffic scheduling function to schedule transmission of packets. The method starts with arrival of a packet. In response to arrival of the packet, the network device determines whether a timer has expired, whether a congestion level has reached a congestion threshold, whether the packet is a high priority packet, and whether a burst accumulation counter has reached an accumulation threshold. The packet is transmitted, along with any packet waiting for transmission, in response to at least one of the conditions are satisfied: the timer has expired, the congestion level has reached the congestion threshold, the packet is a high priority packet, and the burst accumulation counter has reached the accumulation threshold. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321276 | Reducing Latencies Through Packet Aggregation - Techniques, systems, and articles of manufacture for reducing latencies through packet aggregation. A method includes computing an end-to-end latency for each of multiple data packets to reach a pre-determined destination, determining an aggregation scheme with a corresponding aggregation time for each of the multiple data packets, wherein the aggregation time encompasses the time needed to transmit each of the multiple data packets to an aggregation component and the time spent waiting to output the aggregation component to an output port, and wherein the aggregation time is less than the computed end-to-end latency for each of the multiple data packets, aggregating each of the multiple data packets in accordance with the aggregation scheme, and programming the aggregation component with the aggregation scheme. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321277 | Network Validation - Systems and methods for provisioning and validating a network are disclosed. One method can comprise providing a first communication tunnel between a network access point and a first tunnel endpoint. Availability of the first tunnel endpoint can be determined. If the first tunnel endpoint is determined to be available, network traffic can be routed to the first tunnel endpoint. If the first tunnel endpoint is determined to be unavailable, a second communication tunnel between the network access point and a second tunnel endpoint can be provided. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLING PACKETS IN A NETWORK FLOW - A method for sampling packets for a network flow, includes: receiving a packet at a network port of a network switch appliance, the network switch appliance comprising an instrument port for communication with a network monitoring instrument; determining whether the packet belongs to a network flow that is desired to be monitored, wherein the act of determining is performed based at least in part on one or more information in a control plane using a processing unit; and passing the packet to the instrument port if the packet belongs to the network flow. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321279 | RANDOM EARLY DROP BASED PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING RANDOM EARLY DROP BASED OPERATION ACCORDING TO AT LEAST TRIGGER EVENT GENERATED BASED ON SOFTWARE PROGRAMMABLE SCHEDULE - A random early drop (RED) based processing circuit includes a scheduler, an RED-based decision logic and a controller. The scheduler generates a trigger event according to an RED-based operation schedule. The scheduler is coupled to a software interface, and the RED-based operation schedule in the scheduler is programmed via the software interface. The RED-based decision logic performs at least a first RED-based operation to generate a first RED decision accordingly. The controller receives at least the trigger event, and triggers the RED-based decision logic to perform the first RED-based operation according to at least the trigger event. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321280 | PROCESSING DATA - Measures for processing data in a telecommunications network. At a first network node in a cluster of network nodes, a communication session setup request requesting setup of a communication session with a subscriber device in a plurality of subscriber devices is received. In response to receipt of the communication session setup request, registration data relating to the subscriber device is retrieved from a shared registration data store. The communication session setup request is routed according to the retrieved registration data. The retrieved registration data relating to the subscriber device was previously stored in the shared registration data store by a second network node in the cluster of network nodes in relation to a registration procedure conducted for the subscriber device by the second network node, the second network node being a different network node to the first network node in the cluster of network nodes. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321281 | FIFO BUFFER WITH MULTIPLE STREAM PACKET SEGMENTATION - An epoch-based network processor internally segments packets for processing and aggregation in epoch payloads. FIFO buffers interact with a memory management unit to efficiently manage the segmentation and aggregation process. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321282 | HIGH-RATE DUAL-BAND CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS - A method, apparatus and system for wireless communication are described. The method includes transmitting and receiving data to and from one or more wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) via an underlay system access link. The underlay system is non-standalone, and control information is provided from an overlay system. An underlay base station is linked to other underlay base stations to implement a mesh backhaul. The method also includes transmitting and receiving at least a portion of the data to or from an overlay base station via backhaul links and receiving control data from the overlay base station. The data is split at a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity, and the PDCP entity terminates in the overlay base station and a radio link control (RLC) entity terminates in the underlay base station. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321283 | TECHNOLOGY AWARE DIFFSERV MARKING - The present disclosure relates to methods supporting enhanced scheduling of IP data packets originating from different radio access technologies. One aspect is a method in a node in a radio access network, said node comprising one or more radio access technology circuitry, each radio access technology circuitry serving data packet traffic according to a certain radio access technology, said method comprising marking the header of IP data packets with an identification code indicating which radio access technology that the data packets originated from, and a common Quality of Service class regardless of which radio access technology each data packet originated from and sending the data packets via a common secure tunnel. Another aspect is a method in a node comprising routing or switching functionality, the method comprising scheduling and forwarding the IP data packets according their radio access technology identification code using a preset radio access technology scheduling policy. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321284 | Optimised Packet Delivery Across a Transport Network - A method of prioritising packets for delivery over a transport network interconnecting nodes of a mobile network, where a guaranteed minimum information rate over the transport network is specified for the mobile network. The method comprises, for each bearer to be injected into the transport network from the mobile network, specifying a bearer information rate and marking packets up to that rate as conformant with the bearer information rate and marking packets exceeding that rate as non-conformant with the bearer information rate. A plurality of traffic type streams from the mobile network are converged, each traffic type stream comprising a plurality of bearers. Packets of the converged traffic type streams are inspected to identify packets marked as conformant and non-conformant, and re-marking non-conformant packets, or at least a fraction of non-conformant packets, as conformant if the converged rate of conformant packets is less than said minimum information rate. The transport network prioritises the delivery of packets marked as conformant over those packets marked as non-conformant. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321285 | DISTRIBUTED NETWORK TEST SYSTEM - There are disclosed a system, a test head and a method for testing a device under test. Two or more test heads may be mated directly with respective connectors on the device under test. Each test head may include a traffic generator including a stateless packet builder to generate stateless traffic for transmission to the device under test, and a traffic receiver including a stateless packet analyzer to accumulate traffic statistics on stateless traffic received from the device under test. A server coupled to the two or more test heads via respective communications links, may generate stateful traffic for transmission to the device under test by the two or more test heads, and may process stateful traffic received from the device under test by the two or more test heads. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321286 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF UPLINK TRANSMISSION TIME - Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting the transmission time interval (TTI) for a communications system are presented. The described aspects provide for dynamically adjusting the TTI in a communication session between a base station or nodeB and a wireless device or user equipment between a shorter TTI, which can provide increased data throughput and lower power consumption, and a longer TTI, which can provide more rugged communication link connections. By dynamically adjusting the TTI, the communications link can be optimized for the given communication channel conditions. Determinations, based on indicia related to the communications system conditions, can be employed in dynamic TTI adjustment. These determinations can be formed centrally at the Radio Network Controller (RNC), at the RNC supplemented with user equipment (UE) available information, or formed in a distributed manner between the RNC and UE across a communications system. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321287 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN A NETWORK - A system and method for transmitting data in a network includes the steps of determining a traffic congestion variable of a data transmission node arranged to receive data from one or more source nodes of the network; using the traffic congestion variable to select a preferred transmission mode for use by the one or more source nodes to transmit data to the data transmission node; and switching an operating transmission mode of each of the one or more source nodes to the preferred transmission mode such that the one of more source nodes transmit data to the data transmission node with the preferred transmission mode, wherein the one or more source nodes are arranged to transmit data in only one operating transmission mode. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321288 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A data traffic control method and system is provided for controlling data transmission amount efficiently in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. The traffic control method of the present invention includes monitoring to detect overload of traffic by checking radio resource usage periodically; checking, when traffic overload is detected, a non-controlled packet ratio; and determining whether to control the traffic depending on the non-controlled packet ratio. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321289 | Methods and Devices in an IP Network for Congestion Control - The invention relates to a method in a packet forwarding device | 2014-10-30 |
20140321290 | MANAGEMENT OF CLASSIFICATION FRAMEWORKS TO IDENTIFY APPLICATIONS - According to an example, a classification framework to identify an application name may be managed by accessing network flow information collected at a client device by an agent installed on the client device, in which the network flow information is information corresponding to network traffic that is at least one of communicated and received by an application running on the client device, accessing flow features of a plurality of packets that are at least one of communicated and received by the application, and creating training data for a classifier based upon a correlation of the network flow information and the flow features of the plurality of packets. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321291 | REMOTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR CWMP AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF REMOTE MANAGEMENT THEREOF - A remote management system for Customer premises equipment WAN Management Protocol (CWMP) is provided. The remote management system includes at least one CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) and one server coupled to the CPE via a network. The CPE transmits a request to the server via the network. The server processes the request from the CPE according to a processing order, wherein the server provides a table which contains forecasted processing times for commands of a plurality of data models compatible with the CWMP. Upon receiving the request, the server generates a command configuration document according to the request, forecasts and obtains a first processing time corresponding to the command configuration document, and then dynamically adjusts and arranges the processing order for processing the request in the server according to the first processing time and a maximum waiting time corresponding to the request. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321292 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME DEPENDING ON COMMUNICATION SPEED - A base station performs wireless communication with a first apparatus, and performs wired communication with a second apparatus. When a first communication speed corresponding to a wireless quality of the wireless communication is higher than a second communication speed of the wired communication, the base station changes a currently set modulation and coding scheme to a modulation and coding scheme corresponding to the second communication speed. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321293 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING RETRANSMISSION OPERATION IN DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for performing by a mobile station (MS) a retransmission operation in a device to device (D2D) communication system is provided. The method includes performing a data communication with a peer MS using a D2D communication, receiving feedback information for a retransmission operation for data which is transmitted to the peer MS which is transmitted using a resource block mapped to identification information of a D2D connection from the peer MS, determining whether there is need for retransmission of the data based on the feedback information received from the peer MS, and if there is need for the retransmission of the data, retransmitting the data to the peer MS. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321294 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDICATING LINK QUALITY - A method for indicating communication link quality by an electronic device is described. The method includes tracking local link quality information corresponding to a local receive link between the electronic device and a neighboring device. The method also includes receiving a request to indicate a link quality. The method further includes indicating the link quality. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321295 | POWER COMMUNICATIONS MONITOR FOR POWER LINE CARRIER AND AUDIO TONE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - An apparatus for monitoring and measuring analog signal levels, current and reflected power (SWR) in an electric utility substation environment. The apparatus includes selective measurement capabilities for at least five individual frequencies, respectively, and includes programmable event recording and remote alarms. The apparatus will provide data to support in-band spectral analysis of recorded events, and can be located at any point along an associated communication path. The apparatus is non-intrusive and will not affect any existing signals present on an associated communication path. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321296 | Methods and Devices for Mitigating Interference - A method includes receiving a signal including a two-dimensional signal pattern in a time-frequency representation, wherein the two-dimensional signal pattern includes a first reference signal at a predetermined first position in the two-dimensional signal pattern and at least one second reference signal at a predetermined second position in the two-dimensional signal pattern. The first reference signal includes cell identification information of a target cell of a cellular radio system and the at least one second reference signal includes cell identification information of at least one interfering cell of the cellular radio system. The method further includes determining a first noise covariance measure based on the first reference signal, determining at least one second noise covariance measure based on the at least one second reference signal, and mitigating an interference included in the received signal based on the first noise covariance measure and the at least one second noise covariance measure. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321297 | DIRECT LINK SETUP MECHANISMS FOR WIRELESS LANs - A client station including a communication circuit to communicate, via an infrastructure mode, with an access point in a basic service set; identify, based on signals transmitted by the access point, a plurality of client stations in the basic service set capable of communicating via a direct link setup mode; and during a predetermined time period, communicate, via the direct link setup mode, with the plurality of client stations; and a control circuit to, during the predetermined time period, determine strength of signals received from the plurality of client stations via the direct link setup mode, determine highest supportable data rates for communicating with the plurality of client stations via the direct link setup mode, and select, based on (i) the strength of the signals and (ii) the highest supportable data rates, one or more of the plurality of client stations for communicating via the direct link setup mode. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINTLY OPTIMIZING WAN AND LAN NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS - Described are systems and methods for jointly optimizing Wide Area Network (WAN) and Local Area Network (LAN) network communications. In one embodiment, a management device communicatively interfaced with a WAN and a LAN includes a collection module to collect LAN information from the LAN and WAN information from the WAN; an analysis module to jointly analyze the collected WAN information and the collected LAN information to identify an operational condition; and an implementation module to initiate a management event responsive to the operational condition being identified. In one embodiment, the management event includes generating and transmitting a diagnostics report responsive to a fault being identified. The management device may further generate and execute instructions to remedy the diagnosed fault. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CHANNEL QUALITY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for determining channel quality in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving Channel Quality Information (CQI) from a receiver; generating a channel quality reference value by correcting the received CQI using first resource use/nonuse information received from a scheduler that indicates whether an adjacent cell used resources at a previous time, and received signal power information measured in the adjacent cell; and determining a channel quality value at a current time using the generated channel quality reference value and second resource use/nonuse information received from the scheduler that indicates whether an adjacent cell uses resources at the current time. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321300 | WIRELESS ACCESS POINT AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS ACCESS POINT - The device for controlling a wireless access point comprises: a grouping unit which groups wireless access points which use the same channel, by using channel use information received from the wireless access points; a map generator which computes each received signal strength value of the grouped wireless access points and each output strength value of the grouped wireless access points; an extractor which extracts a wireless access point having the highest received signal strength value among the grouped wireless access points, if interference occurs between said grouped wireless access points; and an optimal output strength value-calculator which computes a corrected output strength value by using the received signal strength value of the extracted wireless access point, a threshold value of predetermined received signal strength, and a currently used output strength value between said grouped wireless access points. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321301 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A semiconductor device capable of determining plural transfer speeds with a small-scale circuit, and an information processing system having the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device has a frequency determining circuit that receives a data signal on which plural transfer speeds can be set and that determines a transfer speed of the data signal. The frequency determining circuit latches the data signal at each of plural timings continuing with a predetermined interval, detects how many times a data switching occurs consecutively, based on the latched plural data, and determines the transfer speed of the data signal from the result of the detection. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321302 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DATA SYNCHRONIZATION - A mobile device is provided, which includes a modem processor and an application processor. The modem processor determines the channel quality between the mobile device and a wireless communication network. The modem processor calculates a counting value every time when determining the channel quality. The modem processor determines the overhead for data transmission between the mobile device and the wireless communication network according to the counting value. The modem processor determines the overhead to be low when the counting value reaches a preset value. The modem processor reduces the time for the counting value to reach the preset value when conducting a handover for the mobile device. The application processor allows or postpones a data synchronization started by an application with a server through the wireless communication network according to at least one preset condition. For example, one of the preset conditions is the aforementioned overhead. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321303 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR TESTING INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION CAPABILITIES OF WIRELESS ACCESS ACCESS NODES - The subject matter described herein relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media for testing inter-cell interference coordination capabilities of wireless access nodes. One method for testing inter-cell interference mitigation capabilities of wireless access nodes includes, in a network equipment test device, emulating at least one user equipment (UE) served by a wireless access node under test. The method further includes emulating a wireless access node. The method further includes causing the emulated wireless access node to generate and send an indication of inter-cell interference to the wireless access node under test. The method further includes monitoring the response and evaluating the performance of the wireless access node under test to the indication of inter-cell interference using the network equipment test device. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321304 | Maximum Output Power Configuration with UE Preference in Carrier Aggregation - A method of maximum output power configuration with UE preference in carrier aggregation is provided. A UE configures multiple component carriers (CCs) with carrier aggregation for communicating with a serving base station in a mobile communication network. The UE determines channel condition of multiple serving cells over the corresponding multiple CCs. The UE then determines maximum output power for each CC based at least in part on the corresponding channel condition of each CC. Finally, the UE transmits power headroom report (PHR) for each CC to the serving base station, wherein the PHR is calculated based on the determined maximum output power. As a result, the reported PH information is channel condition dependent, which can be used by eNB for facilitating better transmission scheduling. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321305 | WIRELESS NETWORK, ACCESS POINT, AND TERMINAL - Wireless network, access point, and terminal are disclosed. A method for determining a size of an access window performed in an access point in a wireless network may comprise estimating a number of terminals attempting to access uplink (hereafter, uplink access attempt terminals) in a first access window including at least one uplink slot which is allocated to the terminal or is randomly selected by the terminal so as to transmit uplink data; and determining a size of a second access window next to the first access window based on the estimated number of the uplink access attempt terminals. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321306 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING CHANNEL QUALITY INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A base station for use in a wireless network capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations. The base station transmits to a first mobile station downlink subframes of OFDM symbols. Each downlink subframe comprises a plurality of resource blocks and is associated with a subframe (SF) type that is determined according to whether or not a PDSCH region of a resource block in a downlink subframe includes at least one of: 1) a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) resource element and 2) a channel-state-information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource element. The base station receives from the first mobile station at least one of CQI, PMI, modulation scheme, and transport block size and interprets the received at least one of CQI, PMI, modulation scheme, and transport block size according to a default SF type used by the first mobile station to determine the at least one of CQI, PMI, modulation scheme, and transport block size. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEBACK OVERHEAD REDUCTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for reducing feedback transmission overhead in wireless communications. Averaging, compression, or both are used to reduce a number of bits needed for transmission of channel quality information. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321308 | Data Communication Method and System, Data Sending/Receiving Apparatus - A data communication method includes: a Radio Network Controller (RNC) sends a notification message to a Node B to instruct the Node B to perform proper operations after a specific event occurs on the User Equipment (UE). A data communication system, a data sending apparatus and a data receiving apparatus are also provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Through the technical solution under the present disclosure, when specific events such as cell handover, disconnection and state transition occur on the UE, the RNC that obtains the event information may send a notification message to Node B to instruct the Node B to perform proper operations. Therefore, the Node B is prevented from continuing to send the buffered UE data from the source cell; and in the Cell_FACH state, the present disclosure saves the radio channel resources, shortens the transmission delay, and reduces the transmission packet loss ratio. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321309 | Transparent Mesh Overlay in Hub-Spoke Satellite Networks - In a satellite-based communication network comprised of a central hub and plurality of remote terminals configured to transmit data to and receive data from the central hub in accordance with EN 301 790 (DVB-RCS), and where one or more of these remote terminals may be configured to include an additional receiver module configured to receive MF-TDMA transmission of other remote terminals, a mesh receiver and methods for coupling the mesh receiver with the host remote terminal. In addition, described herein are methods for synchronizing the mesh receiver on the network's timing and frequency and for utilizing the available link power for achieving efficient connectivity. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321310 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Acquiring Quality of Service QoS Control Information - A method, an apparatus, and a system for acquiring quality of service (QoS) control information. A policy control and charging rules function entity (PCRF) determines, according to a random algorithm, a time point in a time period from a receiving time of a request message sent by a policy and charging enforcement function entity PCEF for acquiring QoS control information to an update time of the QoS control information, as a time for the PCEF to reacquire QoS control information from the PCRF; and the PCEF reacquires QoS control information from the PCRF according to the time for reacquiring QoS control information from the PCRF that is carried in a response message returned by the PCRF, thereby avoiding execution of a QoS update by multiple PCEFs at a same time point, avoiding update message congestion, and improving an update speed of the QoS. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321311 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS - There is provided a method ( | 2014-10-30 |
20140321312 | FRONT-END CIRCUIT AND IMPEDANCE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - Provided is a front-end circuit which can prevent a signal from leaking into another circuit even when signals are sent and received simultaneously in multiple frequency bands in carrier aggregation. The circuit includes a transmission and reception antenna | 2014-10-30 |
20140321313 | METHOD FOR MEASURING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - Disclosed are a method for measuring channel state information in a wireless access system that supports an environment in which an amount of uplink resource and an amount of downlink resource dynamically change, and an apparatus for the method. In detail, the method comprises: a step of receiving interference measurement resource information including information on the location of an interference measurement resource set in an uplink resource for interference measurement; a step of measuring interference being received from an adjacent cell at the location of the interference measurement resource; a step of calculating channel state information using the measured interference value; and a step of transmitting the calculated channel state information to a base station. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321314 | USER EQUIPMENT AND A RADIO NETWORK NODE, AND METHODS THEREIN - Embodiments herein relate to a user equipment and a radio network node, as well as to methods therein. The method in the radio network node relates to the control of resource allocation for device-to-device (D2D) communications in a communications network. The network comprises the network node, a first user equipment (UE), and a second UE, wherein at least one of the first and second UEs is a first D2D capable UE. The method comprises configuring the second UE to transmit a reference signal, transmitting configuration information relating to the second UE to the first UE, receiving a measurement result of the measurement performed by the first UE on the transmitted reference signal, and performing one or more radio operation task for a D2D communication between the first D2D capable UE and a second D2D communication capable UE based on the received measurement result. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321315 | PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK SEGMENT ON A PER FLOW BASIS - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes generating at a first network device Virtual Private Network (“VPN”) encapsulated packets with anonymized headers; maintaining a table mapping the anonymized headers to original headers of the VPN encapsulated packets; receiving a trace request from an initiator; generating from the received trace request an out-of-tunnel trace request toward a second network device via at least one intermediate network device using the anonymized headers; and forwarding the received trace request as an in-tunnel trace request through a VPN tunnel. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321316 | MOBILE TERMINAL FLOW IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method is provided for flow identification of a mobile terminal. The method includes obtaining flow data files of the mobile terminal at two or more points of time after the mobile terminal connects to a network using same network access means. The method also includes comparing, from the obtained flow data files, flow volumes in the flow data files having a same flow identifier to determine a flow identifier in the flow data file with changing flow volumes. Further, the method includes, based on the determined flow identifier in the flow data files with changing flow volumes and the network access means used by the mobile terminal to connect to the network, identifying network access means indicated by the flow identifier in the flow data files and obtaining flow identification results. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321317 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR NETWORK TYPE DETERMINATION - Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments enable access to a wireless communications medium. In example embodiments, a method comprises receiving, by an apparatus, one or more wireless communications message frames including at least a dedicated a network type identifier that identifies an associated network type comprising at least one of a synchronized contention group and an isolated contention group; and determining, by the apparatus, the network type of a wireless communications network associated with the one or more wireless communication message frames, based on the received network type identifier. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321318 | COMMUNICATIONS LINK CONFIGURATION - There is provided configuration of a communications link. The configuration involves wirelessly receiving control signalling from a user equipment by a network node functional unit. The control signalling relates to an uplink communications resource between the user equipment and the network node functional unit. The configuration further involves notifying, in response to receiving the control signalling and prior to receiving any user data associated with the control signalling from the user equipment on the uplink communications resource, a backhaul client functional unit to configure a communications link to a backhaul hub. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321319 | LAN-VPLS STITCHING METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, provider edge routers may be queried and required information for deploying a missing VPLS service on a target router may be obtained. This allows a Local Area Network (LAN) to Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) to stitch in an automated manner without an operator of the cloud management system requiring knowledge of the types of VPLS services involved in the stitching process. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321320 | Ad Hoc Wireless Networking - A software architecture providing ad hoc wireless networking capabilities. The software architecture may be compatible with wireless devices, such as UWB devices operating according to the WLP communication protocol. The software architecture may include user mode and kernel mode modules, and may include a multiplexing driver framework to enable system connection to multiple ad hoc networks. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321321 | METHOD AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT FOR SHORT RANGE DATA TRANSMISSION - The invention relates to a method and a technical equipment for short range data transmission, e.g. Bluetooth low energy. The method comprises receiving, as a response to a transmitted advertisement packet, a scan request from a scanning device; reporting the scan request from a link layer to an application layer; determining a following action according to the scan request and performing the determined action. | 2014-10-30 |